Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Despite section 32, in any criminal proceeding, a police officer may give evidence in chief for the prosecution by reading or being led through a written statement previously made by the police officer.
(2) Evidence may not be so given unless:
(a) the statement was made by the police officer at the time of or soon after the occurrence of the events to which it refers; and
(b) the police officer signed the statement when it was made; and
(c) a copy of the statement had been given to the person charged or to his or her Australian legal practitioner or legal counsel a reasonable time before the hearing of the evidence for the prosecution.
(3) A reference in this section to a police officer includes a reference to a person who, at the time the statement concerned was made, was a police officer.